10 Facts about the Average German....it´s simply hilarious ;-)

Germans are really good at statistics. Every year the “Statistisches Jahrbuch” is published, a study crammed with thousands of facts about Germany and the average German. Some facts are astonishing and others confirm existing clichés.

Here are some points you might find interesting:

The average German spends 1 hour and 53 minutes per day watching TV or video and 37 minutes reading

41,5% of all female and 57,9% of all male Germans are overweight. That’s an increase of about 3% compared with the year before.

The average male German is 178cm tall, the average female 165cm.

Germans are rather old when they marry (male 36,2 years, female 33 years). The most popular names for children are Marie, Sofie, Alexander and Maximilian.

14,7 million Germans live as singles. An average German household counts only 2,1 persons.

So far so good. Soothing conclusion for me: I’m no average German! (”The conventional lends the world its existence. The unusual gives the world its value. Oscar Wilde” - Just kidding…)

But the study also offers some facts far from average:

In 2004, 150.667 Germans emigrated. Most of them moved to the U.S., Switzerland and Portugal.

Who works most in Germany? You’d bet on managers? No! Self-employed farmers, fishermen and foresters are in the lead with, on average, 53,9 working hours per week.

In 2004, 88 girls under 14 years had a baby.

290.864 people were taken to a hospital because of excessive consumption of alcohol.

In Niedersachsen (a federal state in northern Germany) there are as many pigs as human inhabitants (8 million).

What can we learn from these points? Well, if you’re still a pupil or student, be careful concerning your career choice and if you have an sensitive nose, you should avoid Niedersachsen…

Source: http://www.germanimpressions.com/10-facts-about-the-average-german/